The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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